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Felecia Hatcher
CEO of Pharrell William’s Black Ambition Opportunity Fund
Felecia Hatcher
CEO of Pharrell William’s Black Ambition Opportunity Fund
Biography
Felecia Hatcher is on a mission to rid communities across the globe of innovation deserts by working with community leaders and government officials to create inclusive and diverse tech/startup ecosystems, that transform communities into magnetic forces for attracting talent, resources and opportunities to thrive within the innovation economy.
As a top requested transformational speaker to fortune 500 companies, an Author, and the Co-Founder of The Center for Black Innovation, Hatcher’s transformational work has been honored as a 2014 Obama White House Champion of Change for STEM Access and Diversity, Harvard Young American Leader, Comcast Innovator, featured on the Today Show, Forbes, MSNBC and a Grio’s 100 African Americans Making History. Supporters of her work include Knight Foundation, Comcast/NBC Universal, Morgan Stanley, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Ford and others.
Hatcher is the author of 5 books, and a top requested speaker at Google, Ernst & Young, Walmart, Door Dash, Target, Spotify, and countless foundations, corporations and educational institutions.
Prior to making the leap from the cubicles of corporate America Felecia worked as a marketing executive as the front office marketing manager spearheading the 10th anniversary campaign for the Minnesota Lynx/Timberwolves, and as an experiential marketing/brand manager for Sony, Nintendo and McKee foods. As an Author, Social Entrepreneur and the former “Chief Popsicle” of Feverish Ice Cream, Hatcher was named one of the Empact 100 Top 100 Entrepreneurs under the age of 30 by the White House in 2011, a 2014 Obama White House Champion of Change for STEM Access and Diversity, Harvard Young American Leader, Ruth Shack Honoree, 2017 Comcast/Nationswell Tech Impact Allstar, Echoing Green Fellow, a Black Enterprise 2017 TechConnext Game Changer and 2016 Innovator of the Week, Essence Magazine Tech Master, and featured on the NBC Today Show, MSNBC, FORBES, INC, The Cooking Channel, and; Grio’s 100 African Americans Making History.
Felecia is also the author of the books Execution is Personal, Start a Business on a Ramen Noodle Budget (Petersons), Focused and Motivational Shit.
Speaker Videos
STEM and Bridging the Diversity Gaps
Connecting Innovation and Inclusion
Ridding Communities of Innovation Deserts | Felecia Hatcher | TEDxFargo
Pharrell William, Felecia Hatcher & Virgil Abloh, Fireside Chat -Black Ambition-Decode the Encoded
Speech Topics
Genius Jam
Felecia's Genius Jam - keynote and trainings are about stepping into your Power, stopping limiting beliefs, and never questioning who you are ever again! She helps you, your team, and the audience steps into their Zone of Genius, spread their genius on everything they do, and achieve peak performance!
No Introduction Required
In order to achieve peak performance you must remove weak language, change the story you are telling yourself and weak language, change the story you are telling yourself and others about who you are, and how you can add value. This talk and training is about stepping into your Power, stopping limiting beliefs, and never questioning who you are ever again! She helps you team and audience step into their Zone of Genius!
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